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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-30

In the circuit court today Judge Glenn
heard the conclusion of the separate
maintenance case of Alice VS.. Patrick
Quinlan, aud the injunction case of
Kerns VS.. The Union street railway. No
decisions were rendered
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-30
Notice to Dog Owners.

CITY MARsHAL's OFFICE, Rock ISLAND,
Ill, June s, 1Ss7.-Notice is hereby
given to owners of dogs to register and
pay their taxes now due. The checks
for 1887 are ready, JOHN BRENNAN.
City Marshal
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-30

Impurities of the blood often cause
great annoyance at this season; Hoods
Sarsaparilla purifies the blood, and cures
all such affections.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-30

when | was first married | used to
love my wife so that | could have eaten
her aliver Aud nowY 81 am sorry |
didn't do it."
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-30
Notice

Parties having any repairs at my
place of business will call and get them
as | will remove my stock and close my
store by July LIST. HENRY PEETz.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-30

Yachting stationery for those who pass
the summer on the ocean wave, is exceeds
ingly dainty and pretty.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-30

The same suit that does dus as a
yachting costume can be correctly worn
on the beach. the tennis aud croquet
around
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-30

Picnic baskets seen in the fancy stores
are almost too delicate aud dainty
to contain sny solid food.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-30

Mild, soothing, and healing are DR..
Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-30
HE MAIrE is.


CHICAGO. June 90.
The quotations on me boari of trade to-day
were as follows. Wheat, No .fnne opened
69I4c nominal closed csc nominal: July
orened 6,1s,, closed Zoe August, o,r,ned re
closed 7.H... Corn No. June. opened 36Isc
nominal closed $3.50 nominal; July, opened
s6lS 81, CLOSED 96l DC bid August, opened sSisc
eIos..f s73sc asked oats No. = june. opened
2Gssc nominal closed Nc monGsnal; July opened
,@SSc closed .tc noninal; August, opened sD3lc
closed 2,i3s t., asked Pork june oI,eued and
closed Se22uo nominal Lard June. o,,eued ST. 40
nominal. closest ST. II 3'lS nominal.
live stock Quotations at the Union stock yards
ranged follows: Hogs Market opened active
and firm, but later became quiet and prices were
hc lower; light grades Si9e6tis0; rough pack
ing. Sl9oGo5G; heavy packing and shipping
his. s50ats30 Caitle-Weak aud lower;
beeves, s. Iadd 10; cows, 81 61@3s0; stockers,
81 so43 Il Sheep Slow; Zoe lower: common
s. 6l6l3 10; good to choice, $361@435
Produce: Butter Fancy Elgin creamery 17161
1sc per III; cboie 10 fancy dairy. 146l ice: fresh
packing ga 9i..c EGps-Strctly fresh ia i2t6c
per ,Iez Poultry Hens TIC per 10: ROSTERS SC:
spring chickens 81 .5o6t300 per doc, according to
size. Potatoes Bprbanks and Early Rose 81 90
al 10 per In in car lots on track: new potatoes,
81 5o665 ~ per b,d Berries Strawberries, Mich
igan, GorG1s 81 % per 1Gqt case; Ohio, 81 Jo0a 50
pet J. Ut ease; red raspberries, 81 10 per A-pt
case Jllek rsaspberries, $50 per s4-lt case
New York.
New yoRK. June %.
Wheat Steady: No red state 9461g9c: No.
2 red do 97e No red winter June 92lSc;
do July s4asc Corn Steady: No mixed cash
aG5sc: do July, i6l4c; do August 4s1ic. Oats
Quiet; No | white state. 39c; No. do, 3Sc
No mixed Jaly, 3S2sc; do August, 32l4c
Rye--Dull and unchanged. Barey-N Nominal
Pork Dull; Old mess. I4Jo1l475 Lard July,
So 20. August. $685..
Cattle Market dull weak and heavy; ordinary
10 fancy steers. S. io049o; really good offerings
| $50: fat bulls. s. 5aM350 Sheep and lambs
Market active: closed firm and higher sheep, 81
| Gr5l5 y 100 lbs: lambs. $5.25tas as. Hogs
Ei'nier fc-ng, cb',icr live hogs $50 y 100 lbs.
Detroit.
DETROIT, June %
Wheat No white cash, S01sc: Michigan ret
cash, s0Jsc; No : red cash and June, soc
July. 77asc; August, 77ssc: September, 7sIse
Corn-astsc oa,< NJ. = 2s,tc: No 9 white.
| Ssc.
| ROCK ISLAND.
Oate-3ic
| Ay-Tlmstby-s17 10.
Hay--w iid--New, ss'ast: % Old. $500
Rye--d5c.
Corn--42c.
Potatoes-7oc New s1.00
Ooa,-Soft lie hard ~ o.
| Cord wood-Oai, $400; Hickory, ss.
styS@ e6tqol haltd 81 90.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-05
THE FLIES. THE FLIES. THE
FLIES.

EDITOR PROGRESSIVE FARMER
How often do we postpone until to-
morrow what we ought to do to-day.
In summer everyone wishes the flies
could be destroyed. In the kitchen!
the dining room, the sitting room
they annoy us; they annoy our
stock and are voted a nuisance.
Winter is the time to destroy files.
They can be found in great numbers
on the walls and overhead in the
horse and COW stables and other
places in the barns, waiting until
the warm spring days come to renew
their annoyance. If every farmer
would make it a rule on one orItwo
uery cold days to collect them and
either burn them or put them in a
wet compost heap, we would have
no need of fly traps in summer.
Even our dwelling houses, kitchens
and laborer's houses should be
cleaned of the flies. 1t would take
but little time and the comfort
assured to man and beast would be
great. Flies remain in a dormant
state through the winter. In spring
and summer they lay their eggsSin
manure, hatch in a very short time.
The young fly is a maggot and lives
In the manure without wings until
grown. Then the wings are devel4
oPeo and off he goes to annoy man
and beast. This is the reason why
we see no young flies. Kill them nop.
One pound OF flies now is worth ten
pounds next summer.
NOTES FROM ENDERLY.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-05
PROGRESSIVE FARMER, o., 1901

world depends upon the farmer ana
vet he receives but, very little con-
sideration at the hands OF others:
They think the farmer is content
with what he gets. Even our law
makers consider the farmer ana
farm interests but very little, only
when they are on the hustlngs, when
the farmer is recognized as the back
bone of the world, &c. But the
election over and the votes tailed,
as a general thing they bid farewell,
for at least two years to the "nobie
farmer" as he was termed before
the election. They say, "You ask
nothing, and you get nothing,' IL
we bear the burden.
Why is it the farmers are not or
ganized, and have no one to e after
their interest. All other organiza-
tons have their agents in the lob
by to make demands and ask for
favors which they get (and
generally at the expense OF the
farmer). | e the merchants or
others have had created an office
designated as cotton weigher. Is
the cotton buyer too good to weigh
a bag of cotton? If he is could he
not trust the ginner or the farmer
to weigh it? No. They won't do to
trust, we almost hear them say; we
must have a man sworn to weigh
and give the amount under his Off
cial signature, at the expense OF the
farmer. l have no objection to the
cotton weigher and say it is starting
a good rule. Let us have a swor
man to weigh coffee, sugar, salt, rice,
pork, beef, bacon, lard, &C., and
measure all the goods we buy. If
the rule is good in part it is in whole.
Let the merchant and clerks, deal
ers, millers and assistant millers,
g%inners, sawyers and all public deal
ers who run custom establishments,
be sworn to act impartially and give
true weights and measures or all
that comes in and goes out of their
hands, as they handle all the pro
duce and supplies of the farmer. |
have no reflections to cast upon any
one, and wish all we'll. But such a
law would not hurt any one nor
interfere with business in the least.
A FARMER.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-05
CABARRts.
SOLID FOR THE CONVENTION

: EDITOR PROGRESSIVE FARMER
We have had a lively time in our
good old county of Pitt the past
week on agricultural matters. Both
at Farmville and Greenville we had
a fine speech by one of our promi-
nent citizens from the West and
much enthusiasm has been awakanad
by the discussion that has been
carried on through your columns
on the subject Of reform in onr
system OF education and farm life
L have not found a farmer in NV
county, and [ have seen all of tba
most prominent ones, who did not
sanction the Farmers Convention
Many OF our people are not posted
on such things as are now heinz
brought before them-mostlv throna5
your valued paper-but eaoerlr
grasp the points of interest and arc
determined to relieve themselves of
the burden that their own indiAar
ence to their best interest has on
tailed upon them, but which tho,,
are unwilling to transmit to the;r
children. Let us have our Conven.
ton and let the pages of The Pro
'GREssIvE FARMER continue to cow,
to the homes of our farmers th.
lessons OF manliness and indenend.
ence until they are willing to taLa
the stand that their position entities
them to-. n
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-05
A VOICE FROM CATAWBA.
Why the Convention Should be Held,
With Some Pertinent Observations.

EDITOR PROGRESSIVE FARMER:-
AS you requested the farmers to ex-
press their opinions and make sug-
g%estions through your valuable
paper, | will say l am we'll pleased
with the bold stand The PROGRESS
s1vE FARMER takes in the interest of
the farmers Of our State and their
organizations. ] am glad to see the
prospect is favorable for a Farmers
Convention. Let the old North
State fall into line and march for
ward with her sister States and not
be in the rear, as her resources are
equal to any Of the States.
| would suggest that the day be
set for the Farmers Convention at
once if it has not already been1and
that each county where the farmers
are not organized be requestedato
hold a mass meeting of the farmers
and send one OR more delegates to
said convention. If the attendance
be but small. let an organization be
formed and if nothing else is done
there is at least a start in the rioht
direction. Let us not be DISCOURAGED
All other professions are organized
and why not the farmers? The
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-05
SYMPTOMS OF HOG CHOLERA.

The genuine swine plague is spt,
clfic contagious fever, attended wiz"
congestion, liberation of the mem
brane Of the stomach and boWel',
liquid fntid diarrhea, genera ned ae
and redness of skin, scarlet, P,urPN
and black spots on the skin anu nrt
cuous membranes, etc. The syl4ps
oms are shivering, dullness, PloS drr
ton, hiding under litter, hol' uaI;t
snout, sunken eyes, uns teaay yst
behind, loss of appetite, grea' mick
high pulse, furred tongue q rery
breathing, hard, dry c ougn one to
often, etc. It is fatal in from on "Iow
six days, or else recovery IS sEs
and tedious. Other fatal ma and
are often COMPOUNDED with tnis lat It
one should always be CERTAIN t hesore
Is the genuine swine Earm.
resorting to slaughtef.-O'o 1
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-05
A VOICE FROM CABARRUS<

' EDITOR PROGRESSIVE ERMER:-
"A happy and a~prosperous new
year to you and to The
PROGRESSIVE FARMER. L rejoice to
know that it is "here to stay" but
you must have twice 1900 subscribe
ers in twelve months. Indeed it
should have ten thousand subscribers
among our farmers. Go ahead in
your noble work of organizing the
farmers. Would you publish some
articles from the Grange? Can't
you come to u section soon? FL
nancial ruin stares us in the face
the credit system kept up mainly on
mortgages and liens, excessive wye
of guano, bad seasons and the wild
extravaganza Of our people make
things look squally. Continue your
appeals to the farmers to look after
their interests. Organize them and
have that annual convention and
let it be a rousing meeting of earn
est men who will work for the good
Of the whole State.
CABARRts.
ct would give us pleasureto pub
lish notes from the Oranges of our
state. We are all working for the
same end.-ED.)
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-05
u AND EFFECT.
Retrospection, Prospection, Conclusion.

EDITOR PROGRESSIVE FARMER
Quite a long heading, yet it marks
out the path often travelled just
now.
Perhaps this is more true of those
engaged in agricultural pursuits
than others. Truly they have occa-
sion for this, for never in our day
did we witness greater stringency
among them, due in part to several
causes, but mainly to those that can
be remedied.
The writer was born and bred
upon the farm and while he has
been engaged in other pursuits he
has never entirely forsaken the farm.
He feels that he has some a%pprccia-
ton of this most important depart
ment Of human labor and asks q
patient hearing.
[ am now in my fortieth veal.
This generation has passed through
many and through remarkable
changes in the affairs which interest
men in this life.
The social changes since 1860 are
many and strange.
While we are familiar with MANY
of the political changes, deep down
under the current are some mystic
rious workings. But the financial
change wrought during the past 25
years appear to be the least under
stood by the great a of III peo-
pie. Everywhere We e specimens
of the poorest financiering.
The most glaring mistake has
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-05

been the continual looking forward
to better times from without, while
we have failed to adopt the measures
necessary to bring about better
times.
A little retrospection, a brief dag
nosis, will enable us to better apply
the remedy.
Initiation Of the currency both
North and South became necessary
during the war. The currency OF
the South failed by the result OF the
war. The currency of the North
survived and became the currency
Of the united country. 1t was found
to be no more than was necessary
to carry on the commerce of the
entire country and it's value was in
creased, rather than diminished by
the result of the a
With this vast amount Of money
in the hands Of the north. they
were enabled to turn from the pur-
suits of war to the pursuits Of gain.
They needed ourproducts, especially
were they in need of our cotton and
naval stores. Enormous prices were
paid for these products Is we'll as
many others, and the South having
exhausted her supply of iron, salt,
coffee and in fact most articles OF
ordinary commerce, was now anX-
ious for the products of the North.
This reciprocal need and demand
set in motion the most active and
profitable exchange on record.
Great cargoes of products were
exported at enormous profits to
both parties. Only a few years
were needed to build up a fortune.
Many grew extravagant and waste
full supposing it would always be
thus. Soon the Il began to
fill up, most products began to
decline, yet every one was looking
forward for a return of better times.
Better times do not come. This has
been the cry for many years; all
have been looking for it; many
have kept up the extravaganza of
the few fiattering years, looking to
the better times for relief from debts
thereby contracted but the better
times do not come.
What is the conclusion now forced
upon US?
The times and opportunities af-
torded to the people Of this country
to make fortunes seldom happen in
the lifetime of a native.
The colossal fortunes that have
been built up by this generation are
the creatures Of circumstances and
the like will perhaps eve occur
again. 1t will take you, me and our
children ten years in the future to
accomplish financially what has
been done in mt year in the past
twenty.
We have been oscillating up, up.
We have come to a poise. Here we
will stand with such fluctuations as
are incidental to the different trades
and callings of men seeking equilib-
rum. What shall we do? Put your
self in readiness for the situation
wherein you find yourself: Start
life anew, work, economic, hold to
the dollar till you get a dollars
worth. No man was sent here to
perish. Work! Work! Work and
your labor. More hereafter.
H. G.. O.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-05
POISONING SHEEP-KILLING
DOGS.

[ am a friend Of the dog. | think
in his noble varieties he come near
to man in intelligence, while in fidel-
ity and unseltishness he might teach
most of us a lesson. But when he
becomes a criminal he must be pun
ished as such, and unfortunately. in
some cases it may be necessary to
punish the innocent with the
guilty.
The particular crime to which |
refer is sheep killing. Those who
have had experience will know how
m%addening it is to find on some fine
morning the traces Of the nights
work Of the dogs in his torn and
mangled sheep-the flesh entirely
eaten away from the bone Of one leg
or some other horrible wound. It
may be a pet sheep that you have
loved like a child. 1t may be one
of fine blood hat has cost you con-
siderable money. And night after
night, as the outrage continues and
the dogs become bolder, and by re-
cruiting from the honest ones in
crease in numbers, you swear that
something shall be done. You try
watching with a gun, but it is not
probable that your watchfulness
will have any reward. You may
get your neighbors to shut up their
dogs, but it is probable that your
sheep killers live several miles away
Your only recourse is to poison and
[ will tell you how to do that.
You should have on hand-pur-
chased years before-a little wide
mouthed bottle Of strychnine. 1t
should be hidden safely away where
no n can get at it, and plainly
marked. But if you have none, then
let some kind neighbor, on whose
discretion you can rely, bring you
some from the city q should not
purchase it openly at the home
druggists.) Take some of the NUT
ton for which the dogs have such a
relish, and cut it into slices of a size
easily swallowed by a dog; white
some pine splinters about a foot
long and sharp at each end; place a
small quantity of the medicine
about as large as grain of corn-on
a slice of meat, roll it up aud pierce
it with your skewer. Prepare a lot
ofthese, and after dusk take them
in 3 basket and make a round of
the pasture, sticking them in the
ground wherever you think the
dogs Eclimb over the fence, along
lanes where they u and in various
parts of the field where you judge
they will be most likely to be found.
A little care will hide them in
clumps of grass, etc. Stick the pins
in the. ground so that the meat
comes within six inches Of the
same.
= If you think best, take them up
in the morning. | advise this. Keep
your own counsel-let no one know
that is not necessary. Soon you
hear of this and the dogs dying such
a "horrible death" Such good dogs
too! Their owners will Indignantly
declare that their dogs never lett
their door yard. Keep cool; 1t IS
unpleasant but it can't be helped
Country Gentleman.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-05
KEEP
PALMERvILLE, N. c.,
Dec. 26, 1886.

EDITOR PROGRESSIVE FARMER
Enclosed find one dollar ($1.OW for
PROGRESSIVE FARMER six months. 7
like your paper very much. l want
you to keep on hammering at the
University until we get that $500
out of it into an Agricultural College
We need it and must have it. Call
that Convention at Raleigh and let
the legislature know what the farm
ers want.
Truly, J. L. S.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-05

I had the land broke with a three
horse pillow 40 Boss, 9 inches deep.
Cultivated with two-horse walking
cultivator (straddle row, plowed a
row at one go, and plowed the corn
over thoroughly seven times or
every week. One man doing as
much blowing as four men.
A TREBLE-TREE FOR WORKING THREE
HORSES ABREAST.
=. Have the treble-tree Al feet from
the end clevis hole to the other,
then find the centre from one clevis
hole to the other, then measure a
inches from the centre to the right,
there hitch the envener or double
rec for two horses, and hitch the
third horse to the left, giving him
a inches the advantage of treble
tree, this divides the draft equally
between the three horses. One
third will not divide the draft equal
as most people think.
HOW TO FARM WITH A PROFIT.
Break all stiff lands in fall or
winter eight inches deep, or at least
eve inches, cross-break in spring
before planting with small plows.
Manure all crops we'll, according to
depth of breaking. Have walking
cuItivators (wheel cultivators),
enough to pillow over the crops every
week, dismiss from every farm half
the farm hands, and a good living
profit will at once be assured.
HOW TO MAKE A WHEAT CROP n sue
f
Break the land seven or nine
inches deep (if stiff land), put on
the manure, if cotton seed, or lot
manure, or guano or tobacco stems,
harrow them in with a heavy two
horse harrow, then SOW of purple
straw three pecks or Of Fultz or Of
white wheat or CIawsOn one bushel
per acre, then harrow and cross
harrow with a heavy two horse
harrow, any time from the 18th Of
October to the 18th of November.
success is certain. S. M. s.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-01-05

R
Value of an Acquaintance With the
Common Forms.
For The Progressive Farmer.

For The Progressive Farmer.
There are some injurious insects,
which by their numbers and per-
sistent annual appearance upon r
tain of the farm crops, force an un-
pleasant acquaintance upon the cul-
tisator. Everyone is familiar with
the "tobacco worm" for example.
Too familiar because it's presence
Means unremitting efforts to destroy
it, or the damage Of the tobacco
crop. And yet SO Tonga the tobacco
worm is present an acquaintance
with it is a blessing; foran acqualnt-
ance Of it's injuries is the spur to
activity in its destruction.
But all injurious insects do not by
their annual appearance in numbers
make their forms and habits familiar
to us. And yet it is very important
that the husbandman be able to rec
ognize the enemy when it first APP
pears, that means for its destruction
NAV be undertaken before it has
multiplied or has devastated his
crops.
Again there are forms of insect
life which feed upon vegetation, but
by their few numbers and the fact
that they feed upon a great variety
of plants or are general feeders, as
such are generally called, they do
little if any damage. Butan acquain-
lance with these is also important;
for how will the farmer know but
it is one of the forms which in a
short time will multiply to such an
extent as to seriously interfere with
the products of his labor? The
whole question Of the development
and success of the agricultural inter
ests of a country is in a direct ratio
to the trained intelligence of the
tillers of the soil, or of those directly
supervising the labor. Too much
cannot be said in favor of the devel-
Opment of the common school sys-
TEN and care that farmers sons
acquire through this the training in
the common branches of learning
which will lay the foundation for
general intelligence.
Afterward there should be more
special training in agriculture, the
practical part Of which may be got
ten on the grounds of an intelligent
farmer, or at an agricultural school.
For the theoretical part of the indus
try and an acquaintance with the
sciences, chemistry, botany, ento-
mology, etc, which at the present
day are indispensable to the success
full agriculturaIist, they should attend
an institution where these sciences
are taught with aview to their prac-
teal application as we'll as achieving
the general fund of knowledge.
One Of the phases Of instruction
is to make the student familiar with
such characters and habits Of insects
as will enable him, if properly APP
piled, to intelligentIy combat many
of the foes to cultivated crops, and
to foster those which are useful and
beautiful.
G.. F. ATKINSON.
Prof. Of Zoology at the State University.